276 Pages
by CRC Press

276 Pages
by CRC Press

Viral transmission through contaminated food and water claims hundreds of thousands of lives every year, particularly affecting children in developing nations. Foodborne viral pathogens are associated with gastroenteritis and hepatitis, causing widespread epidemics that affect all populations and demographics worldwide. Foodborne Viral Pathogens comprehensively covers the predominant... Read more

NEW TECHNOLOGIES, RISK ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR CONTROL OF VIRAL FOODBORNE ILLNESS

Introduction
Natalie E. Netzler and Peter A. White

Next Generation Sequencing, What Has It Told Us So Far?
Rowena Bull and Fabio Luciani

New Technologies for Viral Diagnosis and Detection, Using Enteroviruses as an Example
Jason Roberts, Bruce Thorley, Scott Bowden, and Peter A. Revill

Measuring and Minimizing Health Impacts of Foodborne Viruses: A Targeting Tool for Risk Reduction
Kristina D. Mena

Strategies for Control of Food- and Waterborne Viruses
Erin DiCaprio, Fangfei Lou, Ashley Predmore, and Jianrong Li

IMPORTANT AGENTS IN FOODBORNE VIRAL INFECTIONS

Norovirus and Sapovirus
Kun Lee Lim, Natalie E. Netzler, Grant S. Hansman, Jason M. Mackenzie, and Peter A. White

Hepatitis A Virus
Michael J. Casteel

Hepatitis E Virus, an Etiological Agent of Foodborne and Waterborne Hepatitis
Natalie E. Netzler, Andrew G. Kelly, and Peter A. White

Astroviruses
Eszter Kovács, Simona De Grazia, Vito Martella, and Krisztián Bányai

Rotavirus
Celeste Donato, Daniel Cowley, and Carl Kirkwood

Emerging Foodborne Pathogenic Kobuvirus, Picobirnavirus, and Torovirus
Pattara Khamrin, Niwat Maneekarn, Shoko Okitsu, and Hiroshi Ushijima

Prions
Akikazu Sakudo and Takashi Onodera

Biography

Peter A. White is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Natalie E. Netzler is a Lecturer in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Grant S. Hansman is a member of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Germany and Group Leader of the Schaller Research Group at the University of Heidelberg and the DKFZ, Germany.